Yes, it's that time of year again, when our minds turn towards giving-and more importantly-receiving.
So, as a "gift" to all Facepunch photographers, here is the Facepunch Winter Photo Contest.
Compete against your fellow Facepunchers, and win hipsterrific prizes, and forever have your name remembered in the photograph sub-form.
[sub]The most important part![/sub]

Of course the most important aspect of this contest is to try and get competitors to create unique and creative photos, and of course to have fun in doing so,
but prizes never hurt do they?
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[td][h2]First Place Winner[/h2][/td]
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[td]A choice of ONE of the Following[/td]
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[td] Holga T.I.M.
[release]A 35mm twin-lens variation on the classic Holga formula, the Twin Image Maker can be used as a half-frame camera (for up to 72 images per roll) or as a stereo camera [/release] [/td]
[td]Example Photo[/td]
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[td]Diana Mini
[release]A tiny version of the Diana medium-format camera. Takes half-frame or square-format images through a 24mm wide-angle lens[/release][/td]
[td]Example Photo[/td]
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[td]Lomographic Fisheye 2
[release]Tons of fun, this is a real live fisheye lens mounted to a plastic camera. 170-degree field of view means that you're going to get a picture of pretty much everything in your field of view.[/release][/td]
[td]Example Photo[/td]
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[td]Holga 120N
[release]The classic toy camera, this all-plastic medium format camera features a single-element meniscus lens, a choice of two apertures, a guess-focus system, and a hot shoe for flash photography.[/release][/td]
[td]Example Photo[/td]
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[td] Two rolls of film on this sheet. (in addition to camera choice)[/td]
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[td]AND One of the following[/td]
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[td]Nikon Mug
[release]Nikon's lenses are the best! Now I can drink out of one![/release][/td]
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[td]Canon Mug (small one)
[release]Pffft,Nikon? Canon lens are So much nicer to drink from[/release][/td]
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[td]Reusable underwater film camera
[release] Remake a Nirvana cover![/release] [/td]
[td]Example Photo[/td]
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[td][h2]Second place winner (if needed)[/h2][/td]
[td]Camera Cookie Cutter Set
[release]Eat yourself into a cookie coma![/release][/td]
[td]Example Cookie[/td]
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[sub]Yeah THOSE damn things[/sub]
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*Contest runs from Now(December 9th) till January 9th Photos Must Be taken between this period.
*You can post up to three photos at any time during the contest, Snip a photo if you wish to replace it
*Photos must be your own content, it will be tested using exif data.
*No bribing the judges, they have minds of steel.
*Photos must have a theme of Winter/Christmas/snow
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[release]
*bopie
*Jaanus
*daijitsu
*Pickwickian-
*H4Z3Y[/release]

Anyone is allowed to sign-up for the contest but I hope you have at least posted a few times in the creative photo thread
To sign up simply post in this thread at any time saying you want to do so, and your name will be added to the list.
You will then be expected to post your photos, so get snapping. If there are not enough participants THE CONTEST WILL SHUT DOWN Until next year. so let's not that happen.
Subscribe to the thread, and I'll make sure to bump it when time starts running out.